| Business Expo spells exposure, opportunity
CARLSBAD – Today's 17th annual Carlsbad Business Expo will feature more than 100 North County businesses from a variety of industries at the Westfield Plaza Camino Real parking lot. Organized by the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, the Business Expo offers exposure, networking opportunities and direct sales to participating businesses. This year, the event will introduce a Health and Wellness Pavilion focusing on medical and health products and services along with pavilions on technology and home improvement. "It attracts more than 1,000 business people every year," said Angela Holman, communications director for the Carlsbad Chamber. "(The expo) highlights the hottest goods and services from hundreds of vendors." Among other resources available to attendees is a Small Business Success Center booth, which will offer counseling and referrals to small-business owners looking to develop and broaden their businesses, Holman said.
Teams near borders look to Canada, Mexico to expand fan base
UNDATED -- Buffalo Bills executives started looking east a decade ago, conscious that the small market couldn't sustain an NFL franchise unless they expanded the fan base to Rochester. That helped, but it wasn't enough. "We dried up that market," owner Ralph Wilson said. "We turned over every stone." So the Bills shifted their gaze north, crossing not just city lines but international borders. Wilson believes that the franchise's increased success at attracting Canadian fans is critical to its continued viability. For NFL teams near Canada and Mexico, the proximity to another country offers unique opportunities to augment not only game attendance, but merchandise sales, broadcasting revenues and corporate sponsorships. Bills ticket sales in Canada are up 18 percent this season, Wilson said, boosted by the greater parity between the American and Canadian dollars.
Reno council to decide on downtown stadium for Tucson AAA team
RENO, Nev. -- Triple-A baseball in downtown Reno could move a huge step closer to reality when the Reno City Council votes on a deal for a baseball stadium and entertainment district. The proposal calls for housing a Pacific Coast League franchise in a stadium built where a collection of old buildings and vacant lots now stands, including the leveled site of the torched Mizpah Hotel. The plan before the Council on Friday is being pitched by Stuart Katzoff, the managing partner of SK Baseball, which has bought the Triple-A Tucson Sidewinders and plans to bring them to Reno in 2009. Using a minor league baseball park as an anchor, Stuart Katzoff and his father, Jerry Katzoff, and mall developer Herbert Simon would build an entertainment zone with shopping, dining and bars on the cleared Mizpah Hotel block, the first floor of the National Bowling Stadium and the displaced City Ride bus station.
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